Red Hill crashes blamed on icy conditions

RED HILL — A pair of spin-out crashes Saturday were attributed to icy road conditions in the borough.

The state police at Skippack responded to the first crash at 2:18 p.m.

A 28-year-old woman was driving her 1996 Ford Explorer southbound on Main Street nearing Second Street when she lost control because of the ice. The vehicle reportedly began spinning and struck a utility pole on its rear driver’s side. Damage was also done to the driver’s side rear tire, disabling it, police said.

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The Explorer came to a rest facing north on the southbound side of the 200 block of Main Street.

No injuries were reported by the driver, who was wearing her seatbelt, police said.

Less than an hour later, around 3 p.m., a 78-year-old woman driving a 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser east on Sixth Street toward James Road lost control and also began spinning.

The PT Cruiser struck a curb, then hit some bushes before coming to rest in the lawn of a house facing southwest on the 300 block of Sixth Street, police said.

Damage to the undercarriage of the vehicle was noted by police.

The driver of the PT Cruiser suffered injuries to her back and was taken by Community Ambulance out of Green Lane to Grandview Hospital. The severity of her injuries was unknown.

Police noted that it was snowing at the time of the second crash.

Both drivers were cited for driving at unsafe speeds, according to police.

Each vehicle was towed from the scene following the respective incidents.